Clodagh Finn is a journalist, writer and collector of stories. Her recent book, The Irish in the Resistance, co-authored with John Morgan, shines a light on the forgotten contributions of the Irish ...

New Mexico jockey Mike Smith — if he beats the early morning line odds, 15-1, and the rest of the field — will become the oldest jockey to win the Kentucky Derby, beating out Faben’s Willie Shoemaker.

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. When the late and great Times sports columnist Mike Downey decided years ago to write about jockey Billy Shoemaker ...

Eugene Braunwald, MD, often referred to as the “father of modern cardiology” has died at age 96. Dr. Braunwald has more than 1,000 publications in peer-reviewed journals, and his research expanded ...

The treatment, the first of its kind, was approved by the Food and Drug Administration on Thursday. “Our baby was born deaf, and now he can hear,” said one parent. By Gina Kolata The Food and Drug ...

An experimental gene therapy appears safe and highly effective for restoring hearing to people born with a rare form of deafness, researchers reported Wednesday. The study, the largest and longest to ...

If you read a headline that signs of intelligent life were found on the moon, you might suspect a hoax. But they are there! Humans have dumped a lot of stuff on the moon, both in person and via ...

Gene C. Blue, who led Arizona's Opportunities Industrialization Center for over 50 years, has died at age 86. Blue was also a key figure in establishing the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday in Arizona.

The Rev. Dr. Adam J. Shoemaker was elected ninth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Long Island on April 18 by nearly 300 clergy and lay delegates, meeting at the Cathedral of the Incarnation in ...

The Episcopal Diocese of Long Island selected the Rev. Adam J. Shoemaker to be its next bishop, choosing a native Long Islander as successor to its longtime progressive leader. Shoemaker, an Egyptian ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Reality TV dermatologist Dr. Sandra Lee didn’t realize at first that she had suffered an ischemic stroke last fall ...

Mark Shoemaker’s life always seemed destined for the kitchen. From his grandmother’s bustling home where the aroma of her Italian cooking drifted lovingly; to the streets of Chicago where a near-death ...